The Rules
"Sakura" Her father screamed all through the house. "Come here please!"
"One second daddy." Sakura yelled plainly. And continued writing in her diary. Her dad walked in without any warning and Sakura hid the diary.
"We have company! Don't you dare embarrass me like that again. When I call you, you come!" He yelled quietly and then slapped his daughter. "Get cleaned up and come down stairs in 2 minutes, no less" and he stormed out of the room. Sakura started crying and ran into her bathroom and put on a nice sun dress, fixed her make up and ran down stairs.
"Ah there she is, this is my beautiful daughter Sakura" He said as if he really cared. Sakura smiled sweetly and did a curtsey.
"Oh she's absolutely charming" A woman said.
"Yes she's beautiful!" a man said
"My son would like her" another woman said. Sakura had to force a smile. She hated men. Hated them with a passion.
"Sakura this is Hayama Masumi" He said pointing to the first woman. "This is Yester Brang" He said pointing to the man. "And this my cherry blossom is Li Yelan." He said pointing to the last woman, she was graceful and Sakura could tell that she should be respected.
"Nice to meet you all" Sakura said sincerely and curtseyed again.
"Child please come here." Yelan asked. Sakura gracefully walked to the woman, who took her hands and in a whisper so that only Sakura could hear her started talking.
"Sakura is it?" she asked
"Yes ma'am" Sakura answered politely
"Yes my son would love you." Yelan said just to see Sakura's reaction. Which went from a smile to a frown and back to a fake smile. "Don't like men do you Sakura?"
"Umm... I…" Sakura stuttered.
"Don't worry. He's not like most men, trust me." She said. There was something about her that made Sakura just want to hug her.
"Please don't tell my father." Was all Sakura could say
"Don't worry this conversation is only between me and you, promise not to tell anyone, not even your dad?"
"I promise" Sakura said without thinking.
"She's perfect. Mr. Kinomoto may I request that Sakura stay with me for a few months?" Yelan asked already knowing the answer would be yes.
"Well of course she can, she would love to. Right Sakura"
"Yes that would be fabulous." Sakura said enthusiastically even though Yelan could tell it was partially sarcastic. The night went on and then after everyone left Sakura continued writing in her diary and packed her bag. She was leaving tomorrow morning. Finally she finished. And her song came on, on the radio. She started to sing.
(The voice within By: Christina Aguilera)
Young girl don't cry
Ill be right here when your world starts to fall
Young girl it's all right
Your tears will dry you'll soon be free to fly
When you're safe inside your room you tend to dream
Of a place where nothings harder than it seems
No one ever wants or bothers to explain
Of the heartache life can bring and what it means.
Chorus
When there's no one else look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend
Just trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength
That will guide your way
You'll learn to begin
To trust the voice within
Verse
Young girl don't hide
You'll never change if you just run away
Young girl just hold tight
Soon you're going to see your better day.
Now in a world where any sins is to be claimed
It's so hard to stand your ground
When you're so afraid
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold
When you're lost outside
Look inside to your soul
Chorus
Verse
Life is a journey
It will take you anywhere you choose to go
As long as you're learning you'll find out everything you'll ever need to know
Stop, break it
Stop, you'll make it
Just stop, just don't faking me now
No one can tell you what you have to do
No once can stop you, you know that I'm talking to you
Chorus
Verse
Young girl don't cry
I'll b e right here when your world starts to fall.
Sakura stopped singing and laid on her bed crying. Her father came in and started screaming.
"Tell me what Mrs. Li said to you!"
"No! She made me promise not to" Sakura raised her voice to her father and suddenly it became a war. He would order her to tell him and she would say she couldn't and he would slap her. That lasted for about an hour and then for 10 minutes straight it was slap, after slap, after slap.
"That should teach you to keep things from me." He yelled at his Crying daughter. He was unsatisfied, she hadn't told him what her and Mrs. Li had discussed. After crying for hours Sakura slowly fell asleep, drifting into her own dreams where she was safe.